The Jerusalem Arts Festival: Brecht on Brecht – The Little Pleasures of Life

The Jerusalem Arts Festival bringstogether local and out-of-town performing groups for a week-longcelebration of the arts in Jerusalem. This year’s festival comprisessome 30 performances – dance, theatre and music – taking place intheatres and halls throughout the city.

Description:

About the show – Collage of music and movement from the plays of Berthold Brecht accompanied by the wonderful music of Kurt Weill.The actors are the audience and the audience are the actors – the fourth wall is blurred – and the Brechtian theater manifesto calls upon us to investigate the nature of man who does not cease creating war each time his empty pocket cries out, and we ask: Will we bring this upon ourselves once again?

Performance – Open Theater, Tel Aviv

Credits – Director: Ofra WeingartenMusic and arrangement: Ofer CatzCostumes: Cameri Theater, Tel AvivScenery: Tsavta TheaterMovement: Tal Levy and Ofra WeingartenDesign of lighting, sound and effects

Price: 35 NIS

Notes:

Event Time: 20:30

Event Date: 09/03/2010

Duration: 60 minutes with no intermission

Venue: Khan Theater